Show-case.



No. 792,732. PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905. W. SGHMIT-T. SHOW CASEL APPLICATION IILEDVAUG. 26, 1904.

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PATENT TVILLIAM SCHMITT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SHOW-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792.732, dated June 20, 1905,

Application filed August 26, 1904:. Serial No. 222,284.

To all whom, it nuty concern/.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SOHMI'IT, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show-Cases, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a show-ease Whose top is of glass, whose front and ends are preferably also of glass, and whose bottom and. back are of wood, and whose back has a sliding door or a hinged door for enabling the person in charge to open the case and to put articles therein or remove articles therefrom. The material or materials of which the back is made may be varied as preferred.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a unique, handsome, attractive device, economical of manufacture, and which shall well prevent the top glass of the show-case from slipping rearward over the back of the case and shall also prevent this top glass from slipping forwardvaway from the back.

The several features of my invention and the various advantages resulting from their use conjointly or otherwise will be apparent from the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of the back of a show-case and of my securing device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of a portion of the top and of the adjacent portion of the back and of my securing device in position thereon and connected thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of my improved clamp. Fig. 4 is a view of the elastic sleeve which is preferabl applied to a lug of the clamp. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a part of the glass top suflicient to show an opening made therein for the reception of the clamp-lug and the sleeve aforementioned. Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of a portion of the back-strip in which the clamp is fastened and into which the lug of the clamp enters.

I will now proceed to describe myinvention in detail.

A indicates the glass top of a show-case. B indicates the vertical front thereof. At the back there will be a top back-piece C immediately under the rear edge part of the glass top A. The door of the case will be in the back and may be hinged thereto or otherwise secured. The preferred mode of uniting the back and the door is by making the latter a sliding one. In such case the upper back-piece and the door will each have guides, which engage each other and allow the door to slide in the direction of the plane of the back and of this upper strip or piece. Whether the projections of these guides are all upon the door or all on the back or rail piece C or part upon each or whether the entire edge of the door or the entire edge of the back-piece C enters a groove in the opposing part is not material to the present invention. A preferred connection to connect the door and the back is illustrated and consists as follows: There are two beads or projecting guides C C on the back-piece C, and on the upper edge of the door D are two grooves D D, which respectively receive the projecting guides C C The back-piece C is fixed to the glass top A. The door slides back and forth along the back of the case on the guides D D One of the features of my invention consists in providing this back-piece C with an inconspicuous raisedrear flange or edge E. This flange or edge may be of a separated piece from the back piece C and duly secured 'thereto; but it is preferably made in one with this piece. This piece need not be as high as the top glass is thick. WVhen thus formed, it cannot be seen by a person standing in front of the case, and yet it serves the purpose for which it is put there. It may be beveled at E in order to avoid a cutting edge being presented to the man behind it and also to improve its appearance. WVhen the glass top A is in position on the back-piece, its rear edge is against this raised edge E. The latter effectually prevents the glass from sliding rearward over the hack. Therefore a person leaning against the front of the show-case can'- not move this glass top rearward. This raised edge E relieves all the other connections between the glass top and the front and the ends from strain when pressure occurs'against the top in a direction toward the back of the case. I also provide in connection a securingclamp, which is adapted to hold down the glass top on the back C, prevent its being accidentally lifted over the rear edge E, and

- also securely hold the glass top from being vious reasons I prefer to make a recess in the rear part of the back-piece to receive the rear flanged portion H" of the clamp. In the glass top I make a vertical opening A, which receives the lug H". This opening A is preferably large enough to receive not only the pin H but also an annular rubber packing or sleeve H located around the lug H. When the lug [-I and its embracing sleeve f are in position, they closely fit the opening A I preferably make the lug H much longer than the thickness of the glass top A and cause the lower part of the lug to be located in an opening C in the back-piece 0. Thus located and applied, the clamp is not only secure, but holds the glass top and prevents it from being moved by a pressure against the rear of it or a pull upon it. As is well known in the art, a piece of some soft material, such as felt or rubber, is put between the clamp and the glass and also between the glass and the backrail. The presence of the edge E prevents any strain being exerted upon the flange H in a direction which would tend to draw out the screws H H from the back 0. Of course the top would for a while be held by the screws without the flange E; but such omission of the flange E is not desirable. The lug H need not descend into the back C; but it had better do so. When it does, any tendency of the lug H to ride up and out of the opening A is prevented. Other advantages are obvious.

IV hen the ends of the case are not of glass, but of other material, as wood, &c., my invention is there applicable and the term back herein employed would stand for and include such ends.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not confine myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In ashow-case, having a glass top, a back having a raised rear flange E, directly at the rear of the edge of the glass, the back upholding the glass, and a clamp secured at rear to the back and extending forward over the glass and having an extension or lug located in an opening in the glass, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In ashow-case, having a glass top, a back having a raised rear flange E. directly at the rear of the edge of the glass, the back upholding the glass, and a clamp secured at rear to the back and extending forward over the glass and having an extension or lug located in an opening in the glass, and extending down into the back-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In ashow-case having a glass top, abackpiece having a raised rear flange E at rear of the glass, the glass resting on the back-piece in front of this flange, and a clamp having a rear flange extending down behind the back, and secured thereto, and having a front lug, located in an opening in the glass, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

L. In a show-case having aglass top, abackpiece having a raised rear flange E at rear of the glass, the glass resting on the back-piece in front of this flange, and a clamp having a rear flange extending down behind the back, and secured thereto, and having a front lug located in an opening in the glass, and extending down into the back-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. In a show-case, having aglass top, a backpiece having a raised rear flange E, at rear of the glass, the glass resting on the back-piece, in front of this flange, and a clamp having a rear flange extending down behind the back and secured thereto, and having a front lug located in an opening in the glass, and provided with an elastic sleeve, between it and the glass, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

6. In a show-case, having a glass top, a backpiece having a raised rear flange E at rear of the glass, the glass resting on the back-piece in front of this flange, and a clamp having a rear flange extending down behind the back and secured thereto, and having a front lug located in an opening in the glass, and provided with an elastic sleeve, between it and the glass, the lug itself extending down into the back-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

7. In a show-case havinga glass top, a backpieee having a raised rear edge, flange E, the glass top supported on the back-piece and located against this raised flange, and a rear recess in this back-piece, a clamp having a rear downwardly-extending back-piece, received into this recess, and secured to the back-piece, the shank of the clamp extending over the glass, and the forward end of this clamp having a downwardly-extending vertical pin, located in an opening in the glass, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

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8. In a show-case having a glass top, a backpiece having a raised rear edge, flange E, the glass top supported on the back-piece and located against this raised flange, and a rear recess in this back-piece, a clamp having a rear downwardly-extending back piece, received into this recess, and secured to the back-piece, the shank of the clamp extending over the glass, and the forward end of this clamp having a downwardly-extending vertical pin, located in an opening in the glass, and extended down into the back-piece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

9. In ashow-case having a glass top, a backpiece having a raised rear edge, flange E, the.

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downwardly extending back-piece, received into th1s recess, and secured to the back-piece,

the shank of the clamp extending over the glass, and the forward end of this clamp having a downwardly-extending vertical pin, lo cated in an opening in the glass, and provided with an elastic sleeve between it and the glass, the lug itself extending down into the backpiece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM SCHMITT.

Attest:

SAMUEL A. WEST, K. SMITH. 

